Shloka 11

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

धर्मवृक्षाय धर्माय स्थितीनां प्रभवे नमः प्रभवे च परार्धस्य परस्य प्रभवे नमः

Transliteration

dharmavṛkṣāya dharmāya sthitīnāṃ prabhave namaḥ prabhave ca parārdhasya parasya prabhave namaḥ

Translation

Hommage à Lui, Arbre du Dharma, Dharma lui-même, et Source de tous les ordres établis. Hommage à l’Origine du domaine le plus élevé; et encore, hommage à l’Origine suprême, au-delà de tout.

Word by Word

• धर्मवृक्षाय: to the Tree of Dharma (the support and giver of righteousness)

• धर्माय: to Dharma itself (cosmic law)

• स्थितीनाम्: of the established states/orders (sustaining conditions)

• प्रभवे: to the source, origin, lordly cause

• नमः: salutation

• च: and

• परार्धस्य: of the highest half/uppermost realm (supreme transcendental domain)

• परस्य: of the Supreme (beyond)

• प्रभवे: to the origin/source

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a stuti within the Linga Purana’s Shaiva framework)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames Shiva (the Linga’s referent) as the very root of Dharma and cosmic stability (sthiti), so Linga-puja is presented as worship of the ultimate support of right order and liberation.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Shiva is praised as prabhava—the causal source—who is both immanent as Dharma sustaining the worlds and transcendent as the Supreme beyond the highest realm (parārdha), i.e., Pati beyond bondage and categories.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse emphasizes stuti (praise) as a limb of devotion: aligning the pashu (soul) with dharma through remembrance of Pati as the source, a foundation for Pashupata-oriented worship and inner steadiness.